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Alaska shop set to offer state's first legal marijuana sales

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A store in Alaska is set to be the first in the state offering retail marijuana sales, with its grand opening scheduled for Saturday in Valdez.

The planned opening of Herbal Outfitters will mark the first time it’s legal to buy pot since voters signed off in November 2014. Alaska residents voted to allow people 21 and older to use pot recreationally.

Herbal Outfitters’ general manager says people from around the state plan to make the trip for the grand opening.

The opening comes less than a week after the state’s first marijuana testing lab got to work in A...